International Events Boost Visitors - Stats NZ

Figures released by
Statistics New Zealand show there were 169,400 overseas
visitor arrivals in January 2000, up 13,020 or 8 per cent
on January last year. For the year ended January 2000
there were 1.621 million visitor arrivals, 129,000 or 9
per cent more than in the same period last year. Visitors
to the international events - America's Cup, APEC summit,
World Netball Championship and Under-17 Soccer World Cup -
all held in the last twelve months contributed to this
significant increase.

Between December 1999 and January
2000 the seasonally adjusted number of visitor arrivals
increased by 2 per cent. This series has generally been
improving since March 1998, but is still down on its peak in
November 1999. During January 2000 there were increases in
visitors from Asia (up 6,110), Australia (3,790), Europe
(up 3,600) and Northern America (up 1,590). The main
sources of these increases were Korea (up 5,000), the
United States (up 2,180), China (up 680), France (up 650)
and Italy (up 500), but there were fewer visitors from
Canada (down 610) and Japan (down 330).

In January 2000
permanent and long-term departures exceeded arrivals by
1,440. There were net gains of migrants from China (660),
Japan (360) and South Africa (320), but a significant
net outflow to Australia (3,860). For the year ended January
2000 there was a net loss of 9,460 permanent and long-term
migrants, up 14 per cent on the net outflow of 8,330 in
the January 1999 year.

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